CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-14596
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-90
Description
In Joomla! before 3.8.0, inadequate escaping in the LDAP authentication plugin can result in a disclosure of a username and password.
Affected configurations
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.0
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.1
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.2
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.3
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.4
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.5
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.6
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.7
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.8
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.9
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.10
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.11
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.12
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.13
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.14
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.15
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.16
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.17
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.18
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.19
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.20
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.21
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.22
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.23
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.24
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.25
• joomla joomla\! 1.5.26
• joomla joomla\! 1.6.0
• joomla joomla\! 1.6.1
• joomla joomla\! 1.6.2
• joomla joomla\! 1.6.3
• joomla joomla\! 1.6.4
• joomla joomla\! 1.6.5
• joomla joomla\! 1.6.6
• joomla joomla\! 1.7.0
• joomla joomla\! 1.7.1
• joomla joomla\! 1.7.2
• joomla joomla\! 1.7.3
• joomla joomla\! 1.7.4
• joomla joomla\! 1.7.5
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.0
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.1
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.2
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.3
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.4
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.5
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.6
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.7
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.8
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.9
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.10
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.11
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.12
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.13
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.14
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.15
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.16
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.17
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.18
• joomla joomla\! 2.5.19
… and 59 more
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-90 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100898 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039407 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2017/joomla-takeover-in-20-seconds-with-ldap-injection-cve-2017-14596/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/711-20170902-core-ldap-information-disclosure Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100898 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039407 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2017/joomla-takeover-in-20-seconds-with-ldap-injection-cve-2017-14596/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/711-20170902-core-ldap-information-disclosure Vendor Advisory